Black Beauty was a colt who was loved by a stable boy, Joe Green. Black Beauty was sold and life was not as pleasant as it was with Joe. The story follows Black Beauty through a variety of owners and in his declining years Black Beauty is sold to three you women. One of the women was engaged to Joe Green, the stable boy, and when he saw Black Beauty he was overjoyed. Joe made sure Black Beauty spent the rest of his life in a good home.